Chapter 179: First Battle!

After more than half a month of peaceful days, Li Yitian trained with the knights of the Dragon Tooth Battalion during the day and practiced penance in the camp tent at night. During this period www.biquge.info Long Wuji invited Li Yitian to the banquet several times, but Li Yitian was unceremonious and did not refuse.

While the guests and hosts were happy, Li Yitian found that the other friends invited by Long Wuji were not very friendly to Li Yitian. Although they were also very polite on the surface, the trace of contempt in their eyes was also seen by Li Yitian in his heart.

On this day, Long Wuji sent someone to Li Yitian's big tent early, it turned out that the commander Long Xiangnan wanted to organize his army to fight and fight with Northern Chu again. Long Wuji didn't have time to come in person, so he sent someone here to inform him.

Although Li Yitian knew that he would send troops when the drum was beating, Long Wuji specially sent someone to explain, which still made him feel very relieved. This Senior Brother Long did give himself enough face, and he did not have any resistance and disgust because he was of a different race like others.

The sound of drums spread throughout the entire military camp three times, and Li Yitian had already prepared his dragon tooth battalion cavalry, and galloped away behind the commander's handsome banner. The mighty army also followed, heading towards Mengling City.

The earth-shattering drums echoed everywhere, and smoke and dust billowed up to obscure the sky. The scouts of Mengling City had obviously discovered the movements of the Eastern Tang Empire's army a long time ago, and they rode back to Mengling City to report it.

In Mengling City, Chu Zhenhai and a group of generals surrounded the city lord's mansion. Chu Zhenhai, who was sitting on the upper hand, had a resolute expression on his face, and at this time, he glanced at everyone present, and then said: "The invincible general of the Eastern Tang Dynasty, Long Xiangnan, came with his troops again, I don't know what he wants to do, do you have any opinions to say?"

A general with silver armor on the left glanced at the commander and immediately spoke: "Long Xiangnan attacked my Mengling City three times and was not allowed to enter, and this time he must have come to test." He is an invincible general, and naturally has a great reputation, if he does not attack Mengling City for a long time, he will definitely rub the hearts of the army. In the end, we only need to hold on, and when their army is in turmoil, we can take advantage of the gap to attack!"

What the silver-armored general said also makes sense, Long Xiangnan's reputation is too loud, and if he really fails to attack for a long time, it will inevitably make his subordinates suspicious. At that time, I am afraid that there will be rumors that the dragon is not in favor of fighting to the south, and this silver-armored general said the key point, but the analysis is very thorough.

Moreover, this time Chu Zhenhai came, and he was also handed over by the Emperor of Northern Chu, and it was a great achievement to keep Mengling City intact. Now all the generals in the hall also nodded, thinking that this method was very good.

Seeing that the generals and the coach all nodded, a gold-armored young general sitting on the side was born with laughter.

"Hahaha~!"

"Why are the Seven Princes laughing?" Someone immediately scolded the laughing man dissatisfiedly, and the other party turned out to be the Seventh Prince of the Northern Chu Imperial Family.

Xiang Long, the seventh prince, looked at the generals and put away his smiles, and said indifferently: "Where is the courage of all of you who I laugh at? You are also all famous generals of Northern Chu, why do you not have a trace of fighting spirit in front of Long Xiangnan? Do you blindly want to hold on to it? Do you wait for the morale of our army to run out and give the enemy a chance to take advantage of?"

Xiang Long is not an idiot, he naturally knows the benefits of defending according to danger, but only defending and not attacking will reduce morale. In the end, when the enemy attacks in a big way, unexpected changes may occur.

Large-scale clan battles rely on a drum of morale. If the morale is strong, it can exert more combat effectiveness, and even defeat the strong with the weak. However, if morale is low, they may be defeated during the battle, and even flee from the battle.

"Oh, with the Seventh Prince's bluntness, should we abandon the city and fight to the death with Long Xiangnan?" The Silver Armor General directly pushed back, he had a great prestige in the army, and he was respected by the commander, when had he been directly refuted by others? Not to mention that the other party was a junior who had no military merits! Even if he was a prince, the Silver Armor General would not buy it.

"General Zhang doesn't need to be angry, I'm just talking about things. We don't have to abandon the city, and we don't have to hold on. Xiang Long, the son of the Seventh Emperor, said with confidence, although he didn't look down on these generals, but in the future, he would inevitably use their strength to compete for the throne, so he didn't want to offend them for no reason.

"Since the Seventh Prince already has a plan in mind, why don't you speak out and let you see it?" Another general also spoke, he was very disgusted by the rudeness of the Seventh Prince, and he preferred Xiang Ding to the Eighth Prince's Xiang Ding. It's just a pity that Xiang Ding was deposed, and he can no longer compete for the throne.

"I don't dare to see the teaching, it's just that I have invited a few like-minded Taoist friends here, they all have mana, if they fight with Long Xiangnan and them, they will definitely be able to break their morale! ”

"At that time, Long Xiangnan will not be able to attack for a long time, and the Eastern Tang army will have no morale to use, and it will be just a fool's dream to conquer my Mengling City. After Xiang Long finished speaking, he pointed to several capable people behind him.

These people are all talents who have gathered here recently, and many generals have also seen their methods, so they have nothing to say at this time, after all, what Xiang Long said is also the truth, and there will be no harm to Mengling City.

"Okay, according to the words of the Seventh Prince, this time I will personally lead 100,000 people into battle, Zhang Meng, you hang my handsome seal and stick to Mengling City!" Chu Zhenhai waved his hand and made a plan.

When the silver-armored general heard this, he immediately got up and said: "The general thinks twice! It is easy for the dragon to go to South Africa, and he will definitely not do anything without a target!"

Chu Zhenhai looked at Zhang Meng, this thoughtful subordinate was his right-hand man, and his cautious personality was very similar to him, and he was very favored by him at one time.

"With you sitting in the city on my behalf, he can't break through Mengling City even if he goes south!" Chu Zhenhai said confidently, and handed the arrow in his hand to Zhang Meng.

"The last general will obey the order!" Zhang Meng had no choice but to accept the general's order to prepare for the defense of the city.

"The generals listen to the order, follow me to order the troops and horses, and open the door to meet the enemy!" Chu Zhenhai shouted, exuding the momentum of the handsome man.

"Wow!" All the generals, including the Seven Princes, bowed down and saluted, and then went back to their headquarters to rectify their soldiers and horses, and Chu Zhenhai killed them outside the city.

Outside Mengling City, the two armies in front of the spacious city stood opposite each other.

Long Xiangnan stopped the army ten miles outside the city, and hundreds of thousands of troops were joined together. The 500,000-strong army, except for the 100,000 who guarded the camp, all marched over.

At this time, Long Xiangnan's handsome flag fluttered in front of him, and Long Wuji and other generals also gathered in front of Long Xiangnan.

The cavalry of the Dragon's Tooth Battalion led by Li Yitian and the rest of the cavalry team roamed around, while the infantry team was stationed in the middle.

"Li Daoyou hasn't seen this kind of battle formation yet!" asked a Daoist friend invited by Long Wuji who seemed friendly. This person's name is Bai Wei, and his strength is in the middle of the Jiwu Realm, which is no worse than Li Yitian.

"Bai Daoyou is right, Li Daoyou has just arrived, where have you seen this kind of battle, wait a minute, we have to take care of it a little more!"

Li Yitian didn't care about these people's words, he didn't want to take advantage of his tongue. These are all helpers invited by Long Wuji, if he offends them, it is nothing, but it is not what Li Yitian wants to see that Long Wuji is uncomfortable in the middle, so he just laughs and does not excuse himself.

This made several people think that Li Yitian is a strong guy in the middle, although they have restrained their mouths, but they have looked at Li Yitian even more in their hearts. And Li Yitian, who was accompanying Long Xiangnan, was too far away, but he didn't know what was going on here. I just saw a few people talking and laughing, but it seemed very harmonious.

The two armies faced each other and set up a position.

The scene is naturally indispensable, but Chu Zhenhai, the commander of Northern Chu, opened his mouth in advance: "The bold dragon is southward, why are you raising an unrighteous army to invade my Northern Chu territory!"

"Hmph, your Northern Chu State slaughtered my Eastern Tang civilians for no reason, and now my Heavenly Dynasty is raising troops to crusade, and your Northern Chu State still doesn't bow down and confess!" Long Xiangnan also shot back unceremoniously, the most important thing in the confrontation between the two countries is the momentum. If you have a reason to say, you have to force three points if you don't have a reason.

"It's useless to talk more, let's see the real chapter under your hands!" Chu Zhenhai shouted, the flag officer at hand gestured, and the war drums sounded "dong dong".

The drums beat three times, and a general came out of the opposite lineup, and the general came to beat the horse, and stopped at a distance of hundreds of troops from the Eastern Tang Dynasty.

"Northern Chu Zhoutai is here, who dares to fight!" The general held two large iron hammers, looking like a huge crab, and the armor all over his body looked majestic.

"The last general is willing to fight!" A small colonel immediately asked for his life, this fighting general is a great opportunity to make meritorious contributions. As long as the head of the opponent's general is beheaded, it is a great achievement.

Long glanced at the little colonel and nodded in agreement. The little colonel immediately rode out of his horse and shouted: "Wu Feng of the Eastern Tang Dynasty came to take your dog's life!"

The two horses hedged, and Wu Feng brandished a big knife and slashed away.

"Bang!" the two hammers held the big knife, and the two horses staggered. That Zhou Tai suddenly turned around and swept through with a hammer.

"Oh no! watch out for that guy!" hurriedly shouted a warning in the middle of the formation, but it was too late.

"Ahh The soldiers here hurriedly stepped forward to rescue him, but Wu Feng was already out of breath.

"Okay!haha~" The troops of the Northern Chu Empire immediately cheered, the war drums rumbled again, and Zhou Tai beat the drums to cheer.

Seeing the morale soaring, coach Chu Zhenhai also smiled.

However, the morale of the Eastern Tang Empire has dropped a lot, and many generals have asked for orders to come forward to fight.

"The last general is willing to go, behead the enemy, and raise the prestige of my Eastern Tang Dynasty!" The generals knelt on the ground and begged for their lives, eager to avenge their compatriots, but Long Xiangnan was unmoved.

"Hahahaha, is there no one in the Eastern Tang Dynasty? No one dares to come to the first battle!" Zhou Tai laughed and ridiculed the generals of the Eastern Tang Dynasty, but the generals were ashamed and embarrassed. (To be continued.) )